Shelby--
There are ways to renew the 30 day period, but I suspect you're beyond that.
We've posted them many times on this and the general group. Your post isn't
clear and I'll tell you why.
You say you have a legit Vista sitting on the shelf you acquired from the PT
offer. You obviously are complaining about a Vista setup on that box that
has gone into reduced functionality mode and ironically, you're trying to
evaluate whether to use the Power Together Vista that is legit by using
what?
Vista what edition from where Shelby? You ID it as "I'm currently try to
find a permanent
> solution to an issue where Vista appears to go into something that I can
> only
> describe as partial reduced functionality mode after every reboot:
So if that is an issue for you, it has to do with what you have on the box
and what product key you put in or how you activated it.
To me this doesn't make sense. You have a non-working Vista on the box that
you think is in reduced functionality mode (meaning you can do next to
nothing with it). Why not put in that PT Biz and format and install it.
Evaluate Vista by using Vista. You don't make mention of XP on that
particular box.
1) Shelby is using a Beta?
2) Shelby has a non-legit copy that went into reduced functionality mode?
I'd like to help but I need a post that tells me what's really going on
Shelby.
Vista legit doesn't go into reduced functionality mode lol "without telling
you." And no offense but if you have a Vista that is going to go into
reduced functionality mode--how precisely would it "tell you?"--Warning
message? Some people that use pirated Vista get warnings or when they load
them without a PK they get countdown warnings that could be extended by a
command.
Why are you futzing with whatever Vista you have on the box when you could
get a nicely running Vista by installing the one you have sitting on your
desk? What I can't wait to find out is what in the world kind of Vista did
you spend hours trying to troubleshoot? Does this Vista have a DVD attached
to it. If it does, try to do a startup repair on it. Just search this group
or the general group with the word "boot."
If I missed your point let me know. But your post cries out for what Vista
you have that you're struggling with you think is in reduced functionality
mode, and why you don't just pop in that new Vista waiting for an installt
hat we know is good.
If you think that there are a known percent of Vista legits that go into
reduced functionailty mode, it's a problem I feared would happen given the
erratic WGA performance for a year before Vista RTM'd but hasn't been
reported widely on the web.
Good luck,
CH
"Shelby Cain" <Shelby
Cain@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2146E384-1A30-4692-9EC8-E4389DA821F9@microsoft.com...
>I received a free copy of Vista Business through the "Power of Together"
> promotion.
>
> As I'm currently evaluating whether or not Vista is going to fit my needs
> I
> haven't yet activated the copy. I'm currently try to find a permanent
> solution to an issue where Vista appears to go into something that I can
> only
> describe as partial reduced functionality mode after every reboot. The
> control panel in the start menu shows as empty, attempting to open the
> control panel causes the window to appear briefly and then close. Other
> features like the Windows Welcome Center show similar behavior either not
> opening at all (with the mouse cursor switching to the circular activity
> animation) or the window opening and the closing immediately.
>
> I spent many hours troubleshooting thinking this was potentially a
> hardware/driver issue until I eventually discovered people complaining of
> the
> same issue and that what I was facing was in fact Vista going into reduced
> functionality mode without telling me. The current work-around for the
> issue
> is stopping and restarting the Software License service after a reboot but
> obviously that isn't a permanent solution.
>
> I've reinstalled Vista several times and I can't isolate anything in
> particular that would be causing this issue. Does anyone have any
> suggestions on how to resolve this?
>
> Regards,
>
> Shelby Cain